Vision has gotten worse during day, as semester goes by.

[Qas16]

Hello,
I am 26 yrs, medical student, and spend a lot of time on the computer. Since the beginning of this semester I have noticed that my eye sight has gotten worse as the semester has gone by. I have also noticed that my eye sight gets worse as the day goes on as well. my eye sight is best when I wake up. I sometimes feel like my eyes are dry and burn. I used to have near perfect vision by this time last year.

I went to the Optometrists over the winter and was told I have above normal pressure in both eyes - Mid 20s for both. I was prescribed eye drops that i use every morning.

I do not know what to do. It gets to the point to where I get frustrated in class because I am unable to see whats on the screen. I also have the worst head aches at night that keep me awake.

What can I do? Thank you to anyone that can give advice.  

[JohnHaganMD]

If you are a medical student then your school should have a department of ophthalmology. Schedule a complete eye exam there. You are talking about 2 different symptoms: 1 the way your eyes feel and 2. the way your eyes see. Likely different causes.   Excess screen time, iphones, computers, TV, video games are contributing to an epidemic of myopia and dry eyes worldside.  You could have a refractive error like myopia or hyperopia or astigmatism, you could have an eye muscle problem like convergence insufficiency and/or dry eyes.  

[JohnHaganMD]

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